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Christopher Columbus should NOT have a monument.

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 sophia_my_blog

For years now, visitors to Philadelphia’s Spruce Street Harbor Park have been able to see a monument to Christopher Columbus. But it is time to end it, whether by removing the monument or by rededicated – because today we know that Christopher Columbus was NOT the kind of person that a monument should be dedicated to.

Philadelphia Voting – Still Some Kinks to Work Out

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 sophia_my_blog

Here in Philadelphia, the Election Commission is going to great pains to avoid the fiasco that we had in the Primaries repeating in the General Election. Things are indeed much more organized — but there are still some problems that Read more

Conservatives are NOT the champions of justice.

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 sophia_my_blog

Classically Abby thinks that in the absence of a real-live Superman, conservatives are the warriors of truth, justice, and the American way. But in reality, they are not the Supermen in this scenario – more like the Lex Luthors.

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A purple hollow-triangle with the extentions of the "mars symbol" and the "venus symbol" is featured in the foreground. This is one of the symbols of the transgender community. Behind it is the fire that represents the Logos. This image is for articles in this blog (virtualstoa.org) that pertain to transgender issues and how Stoicism applies to them.

#5: Stoicism – Personal Power for Transgender Folk

September 8, 2017 sophia_my_blog

One group of people for whom Stoicism can be a very powerful philosophy is those, such as myself, who are on the transgender spectrum. [powerpress /] This piece is Episode 5 of the podcast: Philadelphia Stoic Thouhts Today is Friday, Read more

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Two mouths - one slightly-above to the right, and one slightly-below to the left. From the mouth on the left come a few straight lines representing honest speech. From the mouth on the right come a few crooked lines representing deceptive speech. Behind the honest mouth (the one on the left) burns the flame which represents the Logos. This image is for articles in this blog (virtualstoa.org) which deal with cases in which the true words of the philosopher meet with untrue words of baser society.

Epictitus Shows us How to Stand Up to Hate Speech Without Compromising our Resilience to Insults

June 15, 2017 sophia_my_blog

While the Stoic advice to embrace insults may seem at times to put us in conflict with our obligation to stand up to societal injustice, Epictetus gives us a great way to resolve this dilemma. One thing is abundantly clear Read more

Stoic Community’s Understanding of Transgender Issues Still has Ways to Go

June 1, 2017May 23, 2019 sophia_my_blog

Years after my YouTube presentation on Stoicism as a coping mechanism for trans-folk – there is much that the Stoic community doesn’t understand about trans-folk and about how our noble philosophy applies to the situation of trans-folk. Years ago, a Read more

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A picture of the Earth (albeit a very badly-drawn one probably rife with inaccuracies) has on it somewhere a red icon of a generic person - symbolizing that we are inherently a part of a larger world. The world is shown against a black background representing the vastness of space - but with a few equally-badly-drawn stars in the background to remind us that, even in the Universe, we are not alone. This image is for articles in this blog that discuss Cosmopolitanism - a teaching, inherent to Stoicism, about our interconnectedness with the rest of the Universe.

Why Stoicism is Great for Activism

February 5, 2017 sophia_my_blog

Some people may have their misgivings about the efficacy of Stoicism as a philosophy for activists. However, in reality, it is about as effective a philosophy for activism as there can be. The other day, at a protest against Trump’s Read more